Culture typing nucleic acid probe amplified per culture/isolate each organism at California Hospital Medical Center

1401 S Grand Ave, Los Angeles, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1114081056

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Feb 28, 2026 · Ingested Sep 10, 2026

$82.59

Cash price

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Discounted cash price

What a hospital charges a self-pay patient who pays directly, without going through insurance — usually well below the gross charge.

Example: A CT scan has a $3,200 gross charge but an $850 discounted cash price. Ask for it by name when scheduling — hospitals don't always advertise it up front.

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What you pay up front if you don't use insurance.

$170.28

Gross charge

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Gross charge (chargemaster price)

The hospital's full, undiscounted list price — pulled from its internal "chargemaster" price list. Almost no one actually pays this.

Example: A chest X-ray has a gross charge of $1,450. The same hospital's discounted cash price for the same X-ray is $180 — the gross charge mostly anchors negotiations, not what patients pay.

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The hospital's undiscounted list price — almost no one pays this.

$20.75 with Noble IPA vs $115.25 with Blue Shield CA — same scan, same building. Share

Negotiated rates by payer
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Negotiated rate

The price a specific insurance plan agreed to pay the hospital for a service — it varies by insurer, and even by plan within the same insurer.

Example: The same knee MRI has a negotiated rate of $904 with one insurer's PPO plan and $1,509 with another's — identical hospital, identical scan.

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Payer
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Payer

The insurance company footing the bill — Aetna, UnitedHealthcare, Medicare, and so on.

Example: "Blue Cross Blue Shield" is the payer. Its negotiated rate for an MRI might be $904, while a different payer's negotiated rate for the same scan is $1,509.

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Plan
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Plan

The specific product an insurer sells — e.g. "Blue Cross PPO 500" — which sets your deductible, coinsurance and negotiated rates.

Example: Two people both insured by Aetna can owe very different amounts for the same MRI: $50 with an HMO plan's flat copay, or the full $1,200 toward a high-deductible PPO plan's unmet deductible.

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Negotiated rate vs. cash
Noble IPA Medicaid|< 21 $20.75 ↓ -75%
Noble IPA Medicaid|> 21 $20.75 ↓ -75%
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA > 21 $23.05 ↓ -72%
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA < 21 $23.05 ↓ -72%
Preferred IPA Medicaid|Risk $23.05 ↓ -72%
Gold Coast Health Plan Medicaid|All Plans $23.05 ↓ -72%
Inland Empire Health Plan Medicaid|All Plans $23.05 ↓ -72%
Angeles IPA Medicare|All Plans $23.05 ↓ -72%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $25.20 ↓ -69%
DHR Medicaid|> 21 $26.25 ↓ -68%
DHR Medicaid|< 21 $26.25 ↓ -68%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $28.81 ↓ -65%
Health Net Medicaid|< 21 $31.26 ↓ -62%
Health Net Medicaid|> 21 $31.26 ↓ -62%
Molina Medicaid|> 21 $32.27 ↓ -61%
Molina Medicaid|< 21 $32.27 ↓ -61%
Kaiser Medicaid|> 21 $34.58 ↓ -58%
Kaiser Medicaid|< 21 $34.58 ↓ -58%
Scan Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $35.09 ↓ -58%
Preferred IPA Medicare|All Plans $35.09 ↓ -58%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $35.09 ↓ -58%
HCLA Medicare|Preferred IPA $35.09 ↓ -58%
Molina Medicare|All Plans $35.09 ↓ -58%
LA Care Medicare|All Plans $35.09 ↓ -58%
United Medicare|All Plans $35.09 ↓ -58%
Health Net Medicare|All Other Plans $35.09 ↓ -58%
Health Net Medicare|Senior $35.09 ↓ -58%
HPN Medicare|Senior $35.09 ↓ -58%
Central Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $35.09 ↓ -58%
GlobalCare Commercial|All Plans $35.09 ↓ -58%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Plans $35.09 ↓ -58%
EasyChoice Medicare|All Plans $35.09 ↓ -58%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Other Plans $35.09 ↓ -58%
Noble IPA Medicare|All Plans $36.84 ↓ -55%
Central California Alliance for Health Medicaid|All Plans $39.10 ↓ -53%
United Commercial|HMO $42.11 ↓ -49%
United Commercial|PPO $42.11 ↓ -49%
HCLA Commercial|Preferred IPA $43.86 ↓ -47%
LA Care Commercial|All Plans $43.86 ↓ -47%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Exchange $63.00 ↓ -24%
HPN Commercial|All Plans $65.10 ↓ -21%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $69.62 ↓ -16%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $69.62 ↓ -16%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $72.45 ↓ -12%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $73.50 ↓ -11%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|Promise $78.75 ↓ -5%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $80.85 ↓ -2%
LA Care Medicaid|All Plans $81.14 ↓ -2%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $82.95 ↑ +0%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $95.55 ↑ +16%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $105.00 ↑ +27%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $105.00 ↑ +27%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $105.00 ↑ +27%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $105.00 ↑ +27%
Care 1st Medicaid|All Plans $115.25 ↑ +40%
Blue Shield CA Medicaid|All Plans $115.25 ↑ +40%

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Culture typing nucleic acid probe amplified per culture/isolate each organism at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $124.40 $21.63 – $93.11
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $224.91 $34.39 – $336.72
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $140.39 $23.05 – $107.80
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $72.13 $23.05 – $119.56
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $63.18 $23.05 – $100.84
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $62.50 $23.05 – $100.84
Queen of The Valley Medical Center Napa $204.51 $35.09 – $425.53
Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka Eureka $178.50 $35.09 – $804.29

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